--- openvswitch-2.3.2/debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian 2015-06-18 19:32:47.000000000 +0000 +++ openvswitch-2.3.2/debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian.new 2015-07-10 17:03:12.791341980 +0000 @@ -1,44 +1,5 @@ -README.Debian for openvswitch-switch ---------------------------------- - -To use the Linux kernel-based switch implementation, you will need an -Open vSwitch kernel module. There are multiple ways to obtain one. -In order of increasing manual effort, these are: - - * Use a Linux kernel 3.3 or later, which has an integrated Open - vSwitch kernel module. - - The upstream Linux kernel module lacks a few features that - are in the third-party module. For details, please see the - FAQ, "What features are not available in the Open vSwitch - kernel datapath that ships as part of the upstream Linux - kernel?". - - * Install the "openvswitch-datapath-dkms" Debian package that - you built earlier. This should automatically build and - install the Open vSwitch kernel module for your running - kernel. - - This option requires that you have a compiler and toolchain - installed on the machine where you run Open vSwitch, which - may be unacceptable in some production server environments. - - * Install the "openvswitch-datapath-source" Debian package, use - "module-assistant" to build a Debian package of the Open - vSwitch kernel module for your kernel, and then install that - Debian package. - - You can install the kernel module Debian packages that you - build this way on the same machine where you built it or on - another machine or machines, which means that you don't - necessarily have to have any build infrastructure on the - machines where you use the kernel module. - - /usr/share/doc/openvswitch-datapath-source/README.Debian has - details on the build process. - - * Build and install the kernel module by hand. - +README.Alpine for Openvswitch +----------------------------- Debian network scripts integration ---------------------------------- @@ -172,11 +133,6 @@ iface gre1 inet manual ovs_tunnel_type gre ovs_tunnel_options options:remote_ip=182.168.1.2 options:key=1 -ex 7: Create and destroy bridges. - -ifup --allow=ovs $list_of_bridges -ifdown --allow=ovs $list_of_bridges - Notes on dependencies: --------------------- @@ -203,3 +159,8 @@ in the 'auto' section, openvswitch-switc ifupdown kicks in. In a case like this, the admin needs to make sure that /usr has already been mounted and that a remote $syslog (if used) is ready to receive openvswitch logs. + +Notes on LXC / ifupdown integration: +----------------------------------- + +See 'ovsup' & 'ovsdown' https://github.com/itoffshore/lxc-scripts